Former US Air Force Pilot Arrested for Allegedly Providing Combat Training to Chinese Military

The Chinese government is exploiting the expertise of former and current U.S. military members to modernize its own capabilities, said an FBI official.

Pilots of Chengdu Aircraft Corporation's J-10 for the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) march after performing a flight demonstration program at the 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, in southern China's Guangdong Province, on Sept. 28, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

A former U.S. Air Force pilot has been arrested and charged on suspicion of providing combat training to Chinese military pilots without requisite authorization, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Feb. 25 statement.

Gerald Eddie Brown Jr., 65, was arrested Wednesday in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and charged with violation of the Arms Export Control Act.